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Aug 1- I'll be in town around that date, been crazy busy out here in the big cat box, worked…
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Yeah- it will get dicey- both sides have geographic and "military" power bases.  AN has the guards in Tehran and…
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Unlike the American theocrats who are aligned with the economic elite, I ranian theorcrats are aligned with a populist, redistributive…
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Obviously that is a very oversimplified statement and unfairly only addresses the negative aspects of a conflation between Islam and…
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That would be a neat trick him being dead and all- but that would make Easter a very appropriate date…
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You almost had it- a bunch of reasons why: The heart of Islam is not Arab culture. Arab culture is,…
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Eno- without this man everything would be an endless repeat of Mtv's unplugged The Velvet Underground- responsible for all that…
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The challengers (no. 4) are classic surf The Bloodhound Gang are are a comedy rap act from philly- mama's boy…
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Must be close to the same age-  all the above are resident on my ipod.
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1 Highway Knees- T.Rex (Tanx) 2 Hotel California- Eagles (Greatest Hits Vol. 2) 3 Gina- Blues Traveller (Live, Aug. 20,…
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A tendency owards outdoorsyness, a proclivity to hang around with one's family- make small talk by bragging on one's kid's…
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Media here in the Gulf is presenting the AG confirmation process as "Will Congress Confirm Bush's Torture Policy" I'd like…
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Emiratis are by and large pretty observant, orthodox, Sunni Muslims who view the Saudis as a bunch of thuggish crooks…
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"SSSS" on all my boarding passes- must be because of June's rash of hijackings by Jewish lawyers.  Came through Philly…
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Seriously, that isn't a reference to what should be done with republicans, but a fair diagnosis of the situation in…
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Peter Gunn, if I'm not mistaken.
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But instead of the UK civillian flotilla coming to the rescue, we'll have... pissed off Arabs? We better not loose…
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They use their news division to support the business interests of Newscorp- same with GE and NBC. If Hillary has…
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Local Press out here in the gulf is portraying US as a mad dog, GCC countries are signing weapons system…
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No matter the "system"- it will be broken and need replacing soon enough.  Once upon a time, the EPA protected…
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